The Quickening

Episode aired May 20, 1996
TV-PG
45m

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7.6/10

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Terry Farrell in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)

Action Adventure Drama Sci-Fi Thriller

Bashir tries to help a planet in the grips of a Dominion-engineered plague that guarantees a painful death.Bashir tries to help a planet in the grips of a Dominion-engineered plague that guarantees a painful death.Bashir tries to help a planet in the grips of a Dominion-engineered plague that guarantees a painful death.

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IMDb RATING

7.6/10

2.1K

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See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The picture of Quark on Worf's mug is a promotional shot of Armin Shimerman taken during the production of Emissary (1993), the first episode of Deep Space Nine. At that time, Shimerman was still wearing the nose made for Rom, played by Max Grodénchik, which is why the picture looks slightly different from Quark's actual appearance.

Goofs
In the beginning of the episode, when Worf walks in holding the Quark mug from the Defiant's mess hall, he's holding it sideways. When he demonstrates it, holding it sideways plays the music, but it didn't when he walked in. However, the advertisements are probably designed only to play once per tipping of the mug, just as they play once when com panels are activated, so it had likely finished playing long before Worf entered.

Quotes
Doctor Bashir: I'm gonna tell you a little secret, Jadzia. I was looking forward to tomorrow, to seeing Kira again, casually asking 'How was the nebula? And, oh, by the way, I cured that blight thing those people had'.
Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: It's not a crime to believe in yourself, Julian.
Doctor Bashir: These people believed in me, and look where it got them. Trevean was right. There is no cure. The Dominion made sure of that. And I was so arrogant, I thought I could find one in a week!
Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax: Maybe it was arrogant to think that. But it's even more arrogant to think there isn't a cure just because *you* couldn't find it.

Soundtracks
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Main Title
(uncredited)
Written by Dennis McCarthy
Performed by Dennis McCarthy

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10/10

The Dominion at Its Worst

When the Borg was the penultimate force of evil, at least their efforts were random. The Dominion, for whatever reason, exacts cruelty. They really have nothing to fear from the galaxy but when offended, "punish" those who offend them. They are anything but random. It would be like killing off all the cats in our world for no reason other than watching them die. Julian comes to a world where this ugly force has put a curse on the people. They contract a plague that they are born with, live with, and then die, Not in a simple way, but rather in agony. Bashir's efforts involve his best technology and it fails, until there is a ray of hope. This is an incredibly moving piece. For a kind of parallel, try reading or watching "Children of Men."